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To: AlienTech who wrote (12139)	7/26/1998 1:17:00 AM
From: VLAD	Respond to of 23519

Alien, As I already noted in the post, the source is IBD. IBD also lists under % management as 25. I guess that means controls and not owns.

To: AlienTech who wrote (12139)	7/26/1998 4:50:00 AM
From: blankmind	Respond to of 23519

" No VVUS the company owns 25% of the shares. Its considered part of their cash balance." - I don't believe the above is correct. It appears to seriously violate GAAP. - Once a company buys stock back, it's considered treasury stock. And not part of "shares outstanding." - So VLAD I think is right - by saying that management individuals own 25%. - And yes - VLAD's short numbers are correct - as I verified them in this week's Barron's.

To: AlienTech who wrote (12139)	7/26/1998 9:41:00 AM
From: Zebra 365	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

To calculate short interest in Nasdaq stocks, NASD member firms are instructed to report to the NASDR TS-Customer Advocacy & Quality Management Department, on a monthly basis, their short positions, for all accounts, in shares, warrants, units, ADRs, and convertible preferreds resulting from short sales. Once the short position reports are received by the Product Deployment and Support Department, the short interest is then compiled for each Nasdaq security. Firms are required to report their short positions as of settlement on the 15th of each month, or the preceding business day if the 15th is not a business day. The reports must be filed by the second business day after the reporting settlement date. The Product Deployment and Support area compiles the short interest data and provides it for publication on the 8th business day after the reporting settlement date. Publication Schedule for 1998 Trade Date Settlement Date Dissemination Date Publication Date January 01/12/98 01/15/98 01/27/98 01/28/98 February 02/10/98 02/13/98 02/25/98 02/26/98 March 03/10/98 03/13/98 03/24/98 03/25/98 April 04/09/98 04/15/98 04/24/98 04/27/98 May 05/12/98 05/15/98 05/27/98 05/28/98 June 06/10/98 06/15/98 06/24/98 06/25/98 July 07/10/98 07/15/98 07/24/98 07/27/98 August 08/11/98 08/14/98 08/25/98 08/26/98 September 09/10/98 09/15/98 09/24/98 09/25/98 October 10/09/98 10/15/98 10/26/98 10/27/98 November 11/09/98 11/13/98 11/24/98 11/25/98 December 12/10/98 12/15/98 12/24/98 12/28/98 Trade Date: Date market makers report the number of shares they sold short Dissemination Date: Date information is sent to wire services. Data may be available to view on Tandem after 4:00 p.m. Publication Date: Issues' short positions printed in newspapers You can download a monthly text file listing short interest positions for all Nasdaq issues by going to our Nasdaq Data Download. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------